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none 1979 paleontology science 1979 Bryophytes Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesAulacomnium heterostichoidesJanssens J. Horton D.G. Basinger J. 1979 Aulacomnium heterostichoides sp. nov., an Eocene moss from south central British Columbia Canadian Journal of Botany 57 20 2150–2161 10.1139/b79-268 1979CaJB...57.2150J Sp novValidJanssensYpresianHorsefly ShalesCanadaBritish ColumbiaAn aulacomniaceous moss. Fish Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesLibotonius pearsoniWilson M.V.H. 1979 A second species of Libotonius (Pisces: Percopsidae) from the Eocene of Washington State Copeia 1979 3 400–405 10.2307/1443214 1443214 Sp novValidWilsonYpresianKlondike Mountain FormationUSAWashingtonA libotoniid sandroller relative.thumb|center|upright|Libotonius pearsoni Archosauromorphs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. Olshevsky George Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html 2008-08-07 2011-07-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20110715102453/http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html dead Non Avian Dinosaurs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes Images"Gadolosaurus"Saito, T. 1979. Wonder of the World's Dinosaurs. Kodansha Publishers, Tokyo (Plate 71).Nomen nudum. SaitoCenomanianBayan Shireh FormationMongoliainformal name created by phonetic translation of the crylic for hadrosaur ("gadrosavr") into Japanese. Skeleton considered possibly a juvenile Arstanosaurus.thumb|center|upright|juvenile ?ArstanosaurusGilmoreosaurusBrett-Surman, M.K. 1979. Phylogeny and paleobiogeography of hadrosaurian dinosaurs. Nature 277: pp. 560-562.Gen et comb novValid Brett-SurmanCretaceouslate Campanian - early MaastrichtianIren Dabasu FormationMongoliaA hadrosauroid.thumb|center|upright|GilmareasaurusGravitholusWall, W P. and P.M. Galton. 1979. Notes on pachycephalosaurid dinosaurs (Reptilla: Ornithischia) from North America, with comments on their status as ornithopods. Can. J. Earth Sci. 16: pp. 1176-1186.Junior synonym? Wall & GaltonJudithianDinosaur Park Formation Canada(Alberta)A pachycephalosaur, possible Junior synonym of Stegoceras.thumb|center|upright|GravitholusMaiasauraHorner J.R. Makela R. 1979 Nest of juveniles provides evidence of family structure among dinosaurs Nature 282 5736 296–298 10.1038/282296a0 1979Natur.282..296H 4370793 Valid Horner & MakelaJudithianUpper Two Medicine FormationUnited States(Montana)Publication of Maiasaura renewed interest in the Two Medicine Formation.thumb|center|upright|Maiasaura peeblesorumMajungatholus Sues H.-D. Taquet P. 1979 A pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from Madagascar and a Laurasia-Gondwanaland connection in the Cretaceous Nature 279 5714 633–635 10.1038/279633a0 1979Natur.279..633S 4345348 Gen et sp novJunior synonym Hans-Dieter Sues & Philippe TaquetMaastrichtianMaevarano FormationMadagascarDescribed as a pachycephalosaur, now considered an abelisaurid. The type species is M. atopus.Junior synonym of Majungasaurus.thumb|center|upright|MajungasaurusMicrohadrosaurusDong, Z. 1979. Cretaceous Dinosaurs of Hunan, in Mesozoic-Cenozoic Redbeds of Hunan. Palaeontologica Sinica: pp.346-347.Gen et sp novNomen dubium. ZhimingCampanianYuanpu Formation ChinaA hadrosaurid. MussaurusBonaparte J.F. and M. Vince. 1979. El hallazgo del primer nido de dinosaurios triasicos, (Saurischia, Prosauropoda), Triásico superior de Patagonia, Argentina. Ameghiniana Revista de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina 16 (1-2): pp. 173-182.Valid Bonaparte & VinceNorianLaguna Colorada Formation ArgentinaAn anchisaurian. thumb|center|upright|MussaurusNanshiungosaurusDong, Z. 1979. The Cretaceous dinosaur fossils in southern China. In: Mesozoic and Cenozoic Red Beds in Southern China. Inst. Vert. Paleontol. Paleoanthropol. Nanjing Geol. Paleontol. Inst. Sci. Press, Beijing: pp.342-350.Valid ZhimingCampanianYuanpu FormationChinaA therizinosaur.thumb|center|upright|NanshiungosaurusPatagosaurus Bonaparte J.F. 1979 Dinosaurs: A Jurassic assembalge from Patagonia Science 205 4413 1377–1379 10.1126/science.205.4413.1377 17732331 1979Sci...205.1377B 34854458 Valid BonaparteCallovianCanadon Asfalto Formation ArgentinaA sauropod.thumb|center|upright|PatagosaurusPiatnitzkysaurusValidBonaparteCallovianCanadon Asfalto FormationArgentinaA piatnitzkysaurid.thumb|center|upright|PiatnitzkysaurusSecernosaurusBrett-Surman, M. K. 1979. Phylogeny and paleobiogeography of hadrosaurian dinosaurs. Nature 277: pp. 560-562.Valid Brett-SurmaCretaceouslate Campanian - early MaastrichtianBajo Barreal Formation Los Alamitos FormationArgentinaA saurolophine hadrosaurid.SegnosaurusPerle A. 1979. Segnosauridae - A new family of theropods from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Sovm. Soviet-Mongolean Paleontol. Eksped. Trudy 8: pp. 45-55.Valid PerleCenomanian-TuronianBayan Shireh Formation MongoliaA therizinosaur.thumb|center|upright|SegnosaurusTorvosaurusGalton, P.M. and J.A. Jensen. 1979. A new large theropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Colorado. Brigham Young University Geology Studies. 26 (2): pp. 1-12.Gen et sp novValid Galton & JensonJurassiclate Kimmeridgian-TithonianMorrison FormationUnited StatesColoradoA megalosaurid.thumb|center|upright|TorvosaurusUnquillosaurusPowell, J.E. 1979. Sobre una asociacion de dinosaurios y otras evidencias de vertebrados del Cretacico superior de la region de La Candelaria, Prov. de Salta, Argentina. Ameghiniana 16: pp. 191-204.Gen et sp novValid PowellCampanianLos Blanquitos Formation ArgentinaA possible Carcharodontosaurian.VolkheimeriaValid Jose BonaparteCallovianCanadon Asfalto FormationArgentinaA sauropod.YandusaurusHe X. 1979. A newly discovered ornithopod dinosaur Yandusaurus from Zigong. Sichuan. In: Contribution to International Exchange of Geology. Part 2. Stratigraphy and paleontology. Geol. publishing House, Beijing: pp. 116-123.Gen et sp novValid HeOxfordianShangshaximiao FormationChinaA basal neornithischian ornithopod. Birds Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAmplibuteo hibbardi Kenneth E. Campbell, Jr. 1979 The Non-Passerine Pleistocene Avifauna of the Talara Tar Seeps, Northwestern Peru https://archive.org/details/nonpasserineplei00camp Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contribution 118 1–203 10.5962/bhl.title.52133 978-0888542304 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps PeruAn Accipitridae, this is the type species of the new genus.Anas albae Dénes Jánossy 1979 Plio-Pleistocene Bird Remains from the Carpathian Basin. IV. Anseriformes, Gruiformes, Charadriiformes, Passeriformes https://archive.org/details/aquila8486197779magy Aquila 85 11–39 Sp. nov.ValidDénes JánossyLate PlioceneMN 15-16-17 HungaryAn Anatidae.Anas amotape Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps PeruAn Anatidae.Anas sanctaehelenae Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Early Pleistocene; Late PleistoceneLa Carolina EcuadorAn Anatidae.Anas talarae Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Early Pleistocene; Late PleistoceneArgentina: Centinale del Mar; Talara Tar Seeps Argentina PeruAn Anatidae, transferred to the genus Callonetta Delacour, 1936 by Agnolin, 2006.Federico L. Agnolin 2006 Dos Nuevos Anatidae (Aves, Anseriformes) del Pleistoceno Inferior-medio de Argentina Stvdia Geologica Salmanticensia 42 81–95 Ardea bennuides Ella Hoch 1979 Reflections on prehistoric life at Umm an-Nar (Trucial Oman) based on faunal remains from the third millennium M. Taddei South Asian Archaeology 1977, Vol. I and II Naples 589–638 Sp. nov.ValidElla HochSubrecent5000 YBP (Years Before Present) UAEA giant Ardeidae, not formally described but a photo is published which keeps it from being a Nomen Nudum.Argillipes magnus Colin J. O. Harrison & Cyril A. Walker 1979 Birds of the British Lower Oligocene Tertiary Research Special Papers 5 29–43 Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison Cyril A. WalkerEarly Middle OligoceneMP 21-23 UKDescribed in the Catharthidae, transferred to Aves Incertae Sedis.Barawertornis tedfordi Patricia Vickers Rich 1979 The Dromornithidae: An Extinct Family of Large Ground Birds Endemic to Australia http://www.ga.gov.au/corporate_data/40/Bull_184.pdf Department of National Development Bureau of National Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 184 1–196 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidPatricia Vickers-RichLate Oligocene/Early MioceneCarl Creek Limestone AustraliaA Dromornithidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Belonopterus edmundi Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps PeruA Charadriidae.Bubo longaevus A. S. Umanskaya 1979 Novyj vid filina (Bubo longaevus) iz pozdneneogenovych otloženij severnogo Pričernomor'ja USSR [New species of a horned owl (Bubo longaevus) from the late Neogene deposits of northern Pričernomor'e in the Ukrainian SSR.] Dopovidi Akademiji Nauk Ukrajins'koji RSR B 1979 779–782 Sp. nov.ValidA. S. UmanskayaLate MioceneMN 11-13 USSR (Actually Ukraine)A Strigidae, transferred to the genus Asio Brisson, 1760 by Mlíkovský, 1998.Jíří Mlíkovský 1998 Two New Owls (Aves: Strigidae) from the Early Miocene of the Czech Republic, with Comments on the Fossil History of the Subfamily Striginae http://www.nm.cz/download/pm/zoo/mlikovsky_lit/125-1998-MioceneStrigidae.pdf Buteo 10 5–21 2014-09-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20140912000656/http://www.nm.cz/download/pm/zoo/mlikovsky_lit/125-1998-MioceneStrigidae.pdf 2014-09-12 dead Bullockornis planei Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidPatricia Vickers-RichMiddle-Late MioceneCamfield Beds AustraliaA Dromornithidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Caprimulgus piurensis Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps PeruA Caprimulgidae-nightjar.Cayaoa bruneti Eduardo P. Tonni 1979 Un Nuevo Anseriforme de Sedimentos Marinos Terciarios de Chubut, Argentina http://digital.bl.fcen.uba.ar/Download/008_ElHornero/008_ElHornero_v012_n01_articulo011.pdf Hornero 12 1 11–15 10.56178/eh.v12i1.1212 130953455 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidEduardo P. TonniLate Oligocene-Miocene ArgentinaAn Anatidae.Corvus simionescui Jenö Kessler 1979 Noi Date Paleornitologice din Pliocenul României Nymphaea, Folia Naturae Bihariae 7 135–138 Sp. nov.ValidJenö KesslerEarly PlioceneMN 15 RomaniaA Corvidae, possibly a synonym of Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758.Cuculus csarnotanus Sp. nov.ValidDénes JánossyEarly PlioceneMN 15 HungaryA Cuculidae.Dege hendeyi George G. Simpson 1979 A New Genus of Late Tertiary Penguin from Langebaanweg, South Africa https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40687242#page/19/mode/1up Annals of the South African Museum 78 1 1–9 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidGeorge G. SimpsonLate Miocene-Early PlioceneVarswater Formation South AfricaA Spheniscidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Dromornis stirtoni Sp. nov.ValidPatricia Vickers-RichLate Miocene-Early PlioceneAlcoota Homestead AustraliaA Dromornithidae.Eudocimus peruvianus Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps PeruA Threskiornithidae.Gallinago veterior Sp. nov.ValidDénes JánossyEarly PlioceneMN 15 HungaryA Scolopacidae.Geronogyps reliquus Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps PeruA Cathartidae.Glareola neogena Peter Ballmann 1979 Fossile Glareolidae aus dem Miozän des Nördlinger Ries (Southern Germany) (Aves: Charadriifores) https://archive.org/details/bonnerzoo293019781979zool Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 30 52–101 Sp. nov.ValidPeter BallmannMiddle MioceneMN 6 GermanyA Glareolidae.Gymnogyps howardae Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps PeruA Cathartidae.Ilbandornis? lawsoni Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidPatricia Vickers-RichLate Miocene-Early PlioceneAlcoota Homestead AustraliaA Dromornithidae, not certainly an Ilbandornis Rich, 1979.Ilbandornis woodburnei Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidPatricia Vickers-RichLate Miocene-Early PlioceneAlcoota Homestead AustraliaA Dromornithidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Latipons gardneri Colin J. O. Harrison & Cyril A. Walker 1979 Birds of the British Middle Eocene Tertiary Research Special Papers 50 19–26 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison Cyril A. WalkerMiddle EoceneMP 11-13 UKA Rallidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Latipons robinsoni Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison Cyril A. WalkerMiddle EoceneMP 11-13 UKA Rallidae.Litoripes medius Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison Cyril A. WalkerMiddle EoceneMP 11-13 UKDescribed in the Phasianidae, but transferred by Mlíkovský, 2002.Jíří Mlíkovský 2002 Cenozoic Birds of the World Part 1: Europe http://www.nm.cz/download/JML-18-2002-CBE.pdf Praha Ninox Press 13 1–407 2014-09-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20110520101755/http://www.nm.cz/download/JML-18-2002-CBE.pdf 2011-05-20 dead to Aves Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus.Micropalama chapmani Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps PeruA Scolopacidae.Milvago brodkorbi Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps PeruA Falconidae.Milvoides kempi Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison Cyril A. WalkerMiddle EoceneMP 11-13 UKDescribed as an Accipitridae, known only from a damaged distal end of a right tarsometatarsus, making it not possible to identify it, better treated as Aves Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus.Mioglareola gregaria Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidPeter BallmannEarly Miocene Czech Republic; Middle Miocene GermanyMN 4b; MN 6 Czech Republic GermanyA Glareolidae, it is the type species of the new genus.Miootis compactus A. S. Umanskaya 1979 Miotsenovyye Ptitsy Zapadnogo Prichernomor'ya USSR. Soobshcheniye I. [The Miocene Birds from the Western Black Sea Littoral of the UkrSSR. Communication I.] Vestnik Zoologii, Nauchnyy Zhurnal Instituta Zoologii imeni I. I. Shmal'gauzena Akademii Nauk Ukrainskoy SSR 13 40–45 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidA. S. UmanskayaLate MioceneMN 13 USSR (Actually Ukraine)An Otididae, it is the type species of the new genus.Miraquila terrestris Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps PeruAn Accipitridae, transferred to the genus Buteogallus Lesson, 1830 by Suárez et Olson, 2009,William Suárez Duque & Storrs L. Olson 2009 The Generic Position of Miraquila terrestris Campbell: Another Addition to the Buteogalline Radiation from the Pleistocene of Peru Journal of Raptor Research 43 3 249–253 10.3356/jrr-08-85.1 84607404 this is the type species of the new genus.Nannonetta invisitata Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps PeruAn Anatidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Nucleornis insolitus George G. Simpson 1979 Tertiary Penguins from the Duinefontein Site, Cape Province, South Africa http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/f2/08/aa/f208aa75fa416ab9deb5144f311da0b8.pdf Annals of the South African Museum 79 1 1–7 2014-09-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20140907123312/http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/f2/08/aa/f208aa75fa416ab9deb5144f311da0b8.pdf 2014-09-07 dead Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidGeorge G. SimpsonMioceneDuinefontein South AfricaA Spheniscidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Nuntius solitarius Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps PeruA Scolopacidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Oligocathartes olsoni Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison Cyril A. WalkerEarly Middle OligoceneMP 21-23 UKDescribed in the Catharthidae, but the holotype is too fragmentary for identification so best treated as Aves Incertae Sedis.Palaeopapia hamsteadiensis Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison Cyril A. WalkerEarly Middle OligoceneMP 21-23 UK:An Anseriformes Incertae Sedis.Paracathartes howardae Colin J. O. Harrison 1979 A New Cathartid Vulture from the Lower Eocene of Wyoming Tertiary Research Special Papers 5 7–10 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. HarrisonEarly EoceneGreybullian, Middle Wasatchian, Willwood Formation USA (Wyoming)Described as a Cathartidae, Houde 1988 placed it in the Lithornithiformes, Houde, 1988, Lithornithidae Houde, 1988,Peter W. Houde 1988 Paleognathous Birds from the Early Tertiary of the Northern Hemisphere Publication of the Nuttall Ornithological Club 22 1–148 it is the type species of the new genus.Paracygnopterus scotti Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.Valid ?Colin J. O. Harrison Cyril A. WalkerEarly Middle OligoceneMP 21–23 UKAn Anatidae, it is the type species of the new genus.Parvirallus gracilis Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison Cyril A. WalkerMiddle EoceneMP 11-13 UKA Rallidae.Percolinus proudlocki Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison Cyril A. WalkerMiddle EoceneMP 11-13 UKDescribed as a Phasianidae, transferred to the genus Talantatos Reichenbach, 1852 and placed in the Cariamidae door Mlíkovský, 2002.Phalacrocorax tanzaniae Colin J. O. Harrison & Cyril A. Walker 1979 A Recent and an Extinct Cormorant Species from the Middle Pleistocene of Tanzania Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 50 3 182–183 10.1080/00306525.1979.9634108Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison Cyril A. WalkerEarly-Middle PleistoceneKamasian TanzaniaA Phalacrocoracidae.Porzana estramosi Sp. nov.ValidDénes JánossyMiddle MioceneMN 6-8 HungaryA Rallidae.Proanser major Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidA. S. UmanskayaLate MioceneMN 11 UkraineAn Anatidae, it is the type species of the new genus.Proardeola walkeri Colin J. O. Harrison 1979 The Herons (Ardeidae) of the Old World Lower Tertiary Tertiary Research Special Papers 5 11–17 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. HarrisonEarly MioceneMN 2a FranceAn Ardeidae, it is the type species of the new genus.Proceriavis martini Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.Valid ?Colin J. O. Harrison Cyril A. WalkerEarly Middle OligoceneMP 21-23 UKDescribed as an Eleutherornithidae, based on a fragment of a cervical vertebra, best treated as Aves Incertae Sedis, it is the type species of the new genus.Sarcoramphus? fisheri Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps PeruA Cathartidae, not certain to be a Sarcoramphus Duméril, 1806.Scolopax baranensis Sp. nov.ValidDénes JánossyEarly PlioceneMN 15 HungaryA Scolopacidae.Steganopus graui Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps PeruA Phalaropodidae.Syrigma sanctimartini Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps PeruAn Ardeidae.Theristicus wetmorei Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps PeruA Threskiornithidae.Thinocorus koepckeae Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps PeruA Thinocoridae.Tringa ameghini Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps PeruA Scolopacidae.Turdoides borealis Sp. nov.Valid ?Dénes JánossyEarly PlioceneMN 15 HungaryThe holotype is a heavily eroded proximal part of a left humerus, best placed in Passeriformes Incertae Sedis.Valenticarbo praetermissus Colin J. O. Harrison 1979 The Pliocene Siwalik Cormorant Tertiary Research 2 2 57–58 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.Valid ?Colin J. O. HarrisonLate PlioceneSiwalik complex IndiaA Phalacrocoracidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Viator picis Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps PeruA Charadriidae, this is the type species of the new genus. Plesiosaurs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes Images DravidosaurusGen et sp novValid Yadagiri & AyyasamiCretaceousConiacianTrichinopoly GroupIndiaEither a Plesiosaur or Stegosaur Synapsids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesAycrossiaBown T. M. 1979 New omomyid primates (Haplorhini, Tarsiiformes) from middle Eocene rocks of west-central Hot Springs County, Wyoming Folia Primatologica 31 (1-2) 48–73 10.1159/000155873 385468 Gen et sp novvalidBownEoceneBridgerianAycross FormationUSWyomingAn Omomyid primate The type species is A. loveiGaziniusGen et sp novvalidBownEoceneBridgerianUSWyomingAn Omomyid primate The type species is G. amplusStrigorhysisGen et sp novvalidBownEoceneBridgerianAycross FormationUSWyomingAn Omomyid primate The type species is S. bridgerensis Expeditions, field work, and fossil discoveries While volunteering for field work on a team led by Philip Currie, Darren Tanke learned about the lost "Eoceratops" first excavated by William Edmund Cutler. Tanke would later rediscover the specimen in London's Natural History Museum. References Trexler, D., 2001, Two Medicine Formation, Montana: geology and fauna: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, pp. 298–309. D. H. Tanke. 2010. Lost in plain sight: rediscovery of William E. Cutler's missing Eoceratops. In M. J. Ryan, B. J. Chinnery-Allgeier, D. A. Eberth (eds.), New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs: The Royal Tyrrell Museum Ceratopsian Symposium. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 541-550. Paleontology 9